Skyboon Evangelist Skyboon Evangelist spreads +1/+1 counters around like a boss, and the recipients can get flying when they attack
They wanted to make an exciting card, and drawbacks like needing to tap to make mana simply weren't exciting enough for Vivi
While exceptionally expensive, there are quite a few ways in black to generate tons of mana very easily, making it not too difficult to cast later in a game
2017-02-09 Abilities that create replacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, can't be targeted
This card is a solid one in red extra combat decks, and it hasnt been reprinted that many times since the original Darksteel , retaining a $10 value
Its flash speed and evoke option let you interrupt combos like Living End or Dredge by tucking your opponents graveyard into their deck